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#1

The All-Sondheim Thread

Posted: 8/29/04 at 2:58am

I was listening to my iPod on shuffle, where it just plays random songs. All of a sudden 'Not While I'm Around (reprise) ' comes on. If you'll recall, at the beginning of that song on the OBCR, there is a portion of 'The Ballad of Sweeney Todd' and the whsitle whistles. I am the only one in the house awake and it gave me such chills and scared the crap out of me.

I am just always amazed at the emotion and feelings this musical can so quickly conjure up.
"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."

The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.

Updated On: 8/29/04 at 02:58 AM

#4

re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney Todd

Posted: 8/29/04 at 6:00am

How come the other Sondheim shows get no love? How about A Little Night Music? Sunday in the Park..? Follies? Company? Passion? Merriy... ? etc... re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney Todd

But back to your topic: I never put Sweeney Todd on a "shuffle list". Tried it once, the volume was on really loud, and the whistle almost gave me a heart attack.

Updated On: 8/29/04 at 06:00 AM

#5

re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney Todd

Posted: 8/29/04 at 9:14am

That whistle has scared me to death more than once, along with some gunshots in "Assassins", this stuff is not meant for casual listening I guess.

And as long as we're talking about "Not While I'm Around", can I just say that I LOVE that song, and would really like to sing it at an audition if I could only hit that danm "but in time" part. Argh!
#9

re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney Todd

Posted: 8/29/04 at 1:29pm

No, I want to talk about SWEENEY!!! I took Priest's advice and watched it for the first time the other day and loved it!
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
#11

re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney Todd

Posted: 8/29/04 at 1:40pm

The first time I listened to SWEENEY was on the way back from the Library and I put it in and turned it up because I couldn't really hear anything, and then all of a sudden there was a WHISTLE!!!!!!! My car went off the road because it freaked me out so much. I had to turn off the radio for a few minutes to get my heart beat back to normal.
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
#12

re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney Todd

Posted: 8/29/04 at 1:43pm

I tell you, that whistle is just so effective at scaring the crap out of someone. Whoever's idea it was is brilliant for thinking of it. Whether it be Sondheim, Prince, Tunick or whoever.
"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."

The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.

Updated On: 8/29/04 at 01:43 PM

#14

re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney Todd

Posted: 8/29/04 at 1:55pm

Oh! And Matt_G, which video did you watch? The Hearn/Lansbury version of the show on braodway, or the Hearn/LuPone concert version? I'd suggest watching the concert as well, if you have not already, Patti LuPone's Nellie Lovett is fantastic! A very different take on the character, and beautifully sung!
#15

re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney Todd

Posted: 8/29/04 at 1:57pm

I watched Lansbury. And I've got to tell you that I'm pissed at myself for not watching this years ago. With everything that I've seen in my life this is one that for one reason or another I've just put off. But she was remarkable. That's the only word I can use.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
#16

re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney Todd

Posted: 8/29/04 at 1:59pm

I love Lansbury. She is an AWESOME lovett and I watched the original MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE last week and she was so freaky and amazing that I fell in love with her as an actress all over again.
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
#21

re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney Todd

Posted: 8/29/04 at 2:23pm

I'd like everyone's opinions on this, 'cause I'm not sure what I think.

Who was the better Toby, Ken Jennings or Neil Patrick Harris?

Also, do you like the 'and in time' line more "belty" like Jennings or more "falsetto" like NPH?
"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."

The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
#23

re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney Todd

Posted: 8/29/04 at 2:48pm

Check out Lansbury in the Judy Garland musical The Harvey Girls. She looks great - but for some reason they decided not to use her voice in it so she lip syncs the songs. Very odd.
I sing for myself. I sing when I want, whenever I want to, just for me. I sing for my own pleasure. Do you understand that?

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